The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-18

whom Expressed q wish that I should once
more got into harness in view Of ne new stu
men am aoapainted with either personally 9r
SPpSs hs5 ptss.s1I s ana Sns
Ris 'a spurs S on the battle 1eids 81 Europe:
f fGia gentleman q remarEabIe talents.
who has been won around to believe In revolu-
ongy sSor Of q The foSse
s2ss n %sn ada either q
you that we have decided on forming q. once q
society the precise object Of which Will be. 9!
"Thas question has not ss yst been decided,
G%t the Se'e order " Irish fndependSnts
will not aim at NUMERICAL strength. We prefer
Sa % INIT go NUMBER %e q tRc
By i directory Of three. appointed By ton dele.
s satg Ss@ber The sosesp
for rf to 81
on s o%s
cples they viii be q the simplest 99o 20 .s
fSs Ms ohe
moan devoting ali our energies to. VIZ, the
I may add that our society viii be secret and
81 ;s vi AZ isfS any part IN public pos;
Might / venture to ask you, Mr.. Stephens.
Z the policy Of ths new society will be on pure
know Of none other for such q society"
Would you kindly define the methods you
sdopti9E once the society is prepared
DANGEROUS as1I sr SS4 would bs guilty y the
That the irish fndepsndents YIN be found IL
the gap at the proper time. When. where. and an
d dGw fo ae h s ss pa5 81 CAPACITY
to do the work sketched out for them can
hays no doubt You will e1cgse .hs
Wiii the risk f fndepenSenis be aated
WIN 1S
lines, and let others go on theirs. No member
Of our organization can continue to be a mem
on the admission Of members. which will be in
yaTiably carried out on tho system OF club
the Irish I,pdssps1de,n.s, s endssyor e
state that tho Russian Government will never.
and rec as h
men are the astutest diplomatists in the world,
and they know international law and etiquette
too well to allow themselves to be entrapped
into any possible compromising combination.
The Russian authorities will nevertheless,
work in other ways. and have already worked
In other WAYS that might turn out In the long
run of equal advantage to ourselves II the
Irish Independents. as 1t ID very probable they
will do, strain every nerve to cultivate friend
ly feeling between Ireland and Russia. they
will be certain to succeed. They might even
find It to their interest to look after England's
disafYected subjects In India"
I'm that case you will have the Maharajah
Dhuleep Singh on your side %
Singh Is tho I Hamilcsr Of the British empire.
and he may do something more than lead HIS
children to the altar to. swear eternal ,ven-
Dhuleep Singh will be heard Of to advantage
IN due time. can assure you. On the whole.
the Irish Independents will never know what
1t Is to lack Influential friends In high quarters
on the Continent Of Europe"
Such Is q verbatim report OF the CONVERSE
ton have Just had with the ex-Head Centre OF
the /. r. b. He spoke throughout with the ut
most ardor and conviction. An earnest and
unconQuerable hone in the ultimate regenera-
ton OF his country has been the constant char
acteristic Of this aged and energetic man.
James Stephens is evidently one OF those who
never despair Of the final triumph OF the prin-
ciples they advocate. His personal and public
misfortunes have only welded him still more
firmly to the faith that possessed his soul when
he ran the outlaws wild career in 1848 amid
the wilds and Businesses OF southern Ireland.